It's not about being simple, it's about being intentionally imprecise.LOL -- I love these challenge threads!
They're a rich source of Sunday school material when showing adult Christians how the educated react to the simplest questions about almost any subject.
Just issue a challenge, print the results, and there's your material for next Sunday.
Again, not clever.Like reading anything by Tolkien, as your profile stipulates?
And for the record, are you making a contribution to 'mindless nonsense,' or announcing an abstinence?
Again, not clever.
Tolkien taught me the virtue of nobility. There is little of that to be found in the modern world.
Most people enjoy their myths, whether they know them to be myths or not.
I had the pleasure of being able to choose my favorite myths.
You of the Elven bloodline, are you?Tolkien taught me the virtue of nobility.
Well, said.Well said.
The Cheetah is the fastest running animal on Earth. Next question?What is the fastest animal on earth?
- Cheetah
- Sailfish
- Peregrine Falcon
- Lightning Bug
Which one hikes faster?Which is faster, the speed of light (299 792 458 m/s) or the super computer Sunway TaihuLight, in mainland China, with a Linpack benchmark of 93 PFLOPS?
LOL -- I love these challenge threads!
They're a rich source of Sunday school material when showing adult Christians how the educated react to the simplest questions about almost any subject.
Just issue a challenge, print the results, and there's your material for next Sunday.
"Couldn't"?Noting that you couldn't answer the question.
"Couldn't"?
Not hardly.
I just don't want to bias the challenge by stipulating land, sea, air or semantics ... forcing only one correct answer.
I simply asked a question that can be answered four different ways: all four of which are correct in their own way.
Just using your own philosophy against you.You wanted to make the point that truth is dependent on one's point of view, then?
Just using your own philosophy against you.
Here's a prime example:
Joshua 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Of the three choices below, what is the best way for a scientist to interpret this passage?
1. Employ general relativity and interpret the passage literally from the standpoint of the point of the observer; God used an amanuensis to write the passage.
2. Assume ignorance on the part of the author, who was assuming geocentrism; God had nothing to do with its authorship and preservation.
3. Treat the passage as inconclusive; pending further stipulation.
(Please answer this.)
Thank you.2. Assume ignorance on the part of the author, who was assuming geocentrism.
The rest is irrelevant to a scientist.